Course description

No. 904.01	Academic Writing in English I (B2/C1)
Date	Thursdays, 13:15–14:55 (from 10.04.2025 to 17.07.2025)
Location	Classroom course
Target group	All employees with at least a B2 level of English who would like to be more confident and proficient in academic writing in English.
Group size	max. 15 participants
Content	Do you sometimes struggle to write academic texts in English that are easy to read and sound authentic? Would you like to become more proficient at communicating clearly and concisely? This course offers practical tips, tricks, and tools to ensure that your writing is grammatically correct and easily assimilated. Practical exercises and short writing tasks will help you apply the rules and theory covered during the sessions. Additionally, you will receive individualized coaching on your writing in one session from the course instructor, a native English speaker. The course content will be tailored to the participants’ feedback during the course and may include the following topics: common grammatical errors tense and aspect correct use of punctuation analysis of the language and structure of journal articles/conference papers useful phrases (word chunks) and vocabulary for academic writing tips for improving your writing style
Speaker	Dr. Pamela Heidi Douglas
Information about the speaker	Pamela Heidi Douglas is a lecturer at Paderborn University and a native English speaker. Originally from Canada, she has studied and taught English in countries across Europe, North America, and Africa. After completing her Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Heidi began teaching English courses at Paderborn University in 2018. She also has worked as a proofreader and editor of academic manuscripts and texts for over ten years.
Reporting deadline	10.03.2025 On the registration deadline, we decide on the basis of the registrations whether an event can take place or not. Therefore, please register as soon as possible if you are interested! The more registrations we receive, the more securely we can organise the event. Of course, you can still register after the registration deadline if there are still places available.

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